Archive for category Poetry
Geek Blog – What Teachers Make
Posted by Snowy in Geek Blog, GeekWife Blog, Poetry, Video on October 21st, 2011
GeekWife is wrapping up her “Week alone with the class” portion of her student teaching. I’m very proud of her; she’s only told me of a couple of students who ended up crying. All kidding aside, she puts in a lot of work in the off hours to finish her college education and earn her teaching certificate and I’m frankly amazed at her perseverance. A co-worker sent me a link to this video and I thought it would be great to share. You might recognize him from his performance of “Speak with Authority.”
Taylor Mali has many great poetic performances and would have been my favorite English Teacher!
To the GeekWife: I love you, you’re doing great!
-SnowytheGeek [via YT]
Our Story
It has been a long while since I’ve posted poetry; one of the top reasons for building this blog. Today; however, is a special occasion that warrants a new post of a new poem. The GeekWife and I are celebrating 5 years of wedded bliss. Here’s the story of Us.
Our Story
Many years past
Another held my heart;
Freely given, I was a fool
Left behind with emptiness,
A hole in my soul I couldn’t seal.
Confused and retreated, I remained alone.
In the empty black, a small pinpoint appeared,
You, my heroine arrived at the barrier I’d built.
You fought, you pushed and made your way in.
Your heart was a beacon that cut through the darkness.
Rather than follow my folly,
You acted wisely and thoughtfully.
You shared your heart with me,
Joined me in partnership,
as a friend
as a mate
as a wife
For your simple act of kindness,
I will be forever thankful
Each embrace,
moment,
tender touch,
Is eternally etched in my mind.
I love you!
-SnowytheGeek
Geek Blog – Math Geek Love Equation
This is for the GeekWife; I’ve been on the road from work for quite some time and now that I’m back, want to show her a token of appreciation. She’s a bit of Math Geek, and she loved the Harold and Kumar Root 3 Poem, so here goes:
-SnowytheGeek [via GJ]
Geek Blog – Mega Man Alphabet
My good friend, James posted this to my Facebook wall yesterday. The video will be on the Little Geek’s iPod as soon as I get home from the office. Poor Roll, stuck with the broom.
Geek Blog – Middle English Rap
We’ve seen Shatner rap Shakespeare, and Klenginem rap in Klingon; this video takes it. The cake, that is. Red Yak produced the video (read the story here) and posted it under the YouTube user name veryredyak. The rhythm of Middle English really lends itself to a hip-hop medium, and Chaucer’s epic Canturbury Tales is poetic, hence the rhyming aspect. For my Word Origins/Linguistics course (medieval literature major) in college, part of my final was memorizing, and reciting (properly, which these guys to wonderfully) the General Prologue from the Tales.
Enjoy the video. There will be a direct translation after the jump.
Geek Blog – Lyrics for the Final Fantasy Theme
We all make up words for songs we hear on the radio. Some of us, even make up words for symphonic pieces. Gene Roddenberry devised (demised?) lyrics for his original Star Trek. The creme de la geek make up lyrics for popular video game themes.
YT user, brentalfloss put together this nice remix with lyrics. The Star Trek theme in action, after the jump.
Autumn
Autumn
The autumn road awaits, my dear.
Come walk with me, my son.
The autumn road awaits us,
We’ll seek adventure and fun.
Into the woods, let’s roam,
Off the beaten path.
The love and warmth of home
Will always bring us back.
The road ahead is open
And life’s adventure waits.
Let’s journey down together;
A family as one.
Geek Blog – Science, Music and Metaphysics
Take a moment and think about the Universe. I’ll let these videos speak for themselves.
A Glorious Dawn, featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking
We Are All Connected featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Bill Nye, Neil degrasse Tyson
Big thanks to youtube user melodysheep. More info (including MP3 format and lyrics can be found at The Symphony of Science.
-SnowytheGeek [via YouTube]